Jennifer joined the Cathedral staff in May, 2016. As parish administrator, she liaises with the priest in charge, staff, and parish leadership in planning and implementing the Vision of the Cathedral in the office, the parish, and the community. She is responsible for scheduling, facilitating, and harmonizing events, programs, and meetings that take place within the Cathedral. She also provides administrative support to the staff team and parish leadership.
Jennifer has a varied role at the Cathedral serving as our office manager and, since Ed’s retirement, now manages the custodians and is responsible for all aspects relating to facilities. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the maintenance and upkeep of the Cathedral and grounds or a query relating to the custodians, Jennifer is your first point of contact.
Amongst the most time-consuming aspects of Jennifer’s job is managing space bookings and rental agreements and the need to shift and accommodate events when an urgent need arises, such as a funeral. Jennifer is a savvy planner of hospitality, and often helps us conserve resources by providing internally for breakfast meetings, and other occasions.
Jennifer manages our compliance with the diocesan safe church policy, which includes keeping police record checks and safe-church training up to date for staff and volunteers.
Most of all, Jennifer LeBlanc is the eyes and ears of the cathedral office – whereas many of the staff have roles that take them away from “the hub,” Jennifer is there, watching, listening, gaining intelligence, and solving problems as they arise all day, every day.
